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IMPERIAL rAII.LIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--.THUIISDAY. The 'Earl of Cassilis took the oaths. Lord MELVILLE presented several petitions from parishes in the vicin it y of Glas g ow and Paisley, praying, as we understood, for a recision of the Corn Laws.--Laid on the table. . Their Lordship went into a Committee on the Oats Indemnity Bill, end-the, Report being, received, the Bill was ord ered to be read a third time on Monday next. Adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tnuasnay. The SPEAKER informed the House, that he had received a regular petition from the Clerk of the thumper in Ireland, complaining of an undue election for the county of Lime rick.—Ordered to he taken into consideratiOn tot the 19th of Ja- unary. New *Ms' , were ordered for the University of Cambridge, in the room of Sir -John Copley, who had accepted the office of Mester of the Bolls ; for the Borough of rlympton, in the room of Mr. Edgecumbe, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ; for the Port of Hastings, in the room of Sir Charles Wetherell, who had accepted the office of Attot ney-General ; and of Sir W. Curtis, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ; and for Staf ford, in the room of Mr. Ironmonger, deceased. Mr. ALEX. DAWSON presented a petition for Emancipation, from the Roman Catholics of Louth and Wexford. Mr. R. GRANT, Chairthan of the Committee on the Arigna Mining Company, obttsined leave to sit, notwith standing any adjournment of the House. Mr. R. MARTIN presented a petition from Gal way, in favour of Catholic Emancipation. Colonel TRENCH gave notice that he would, after the recess, ask leave to bring 'in a Bill to regulate the elec tive franchise in Ireland, and Acted, that he would take for his precedent in that motion the Bill brought into the House last year by the Hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Littleton), with' the ex ception of the last paragraph, with the certainty that it would be introduced into immediate operation, not forcibly, but with the acclamation of every poor man in Irelaod. Mr. HUME presented petitions from parishes in Yorkshire ag ainst the Corn Laws. Mr: WOOD (of Preston) presented three petitions from manufacturers in Yorkshire against the Corn Laws. In doing so he begged leave to observe, that notwithstanding all the Haase had heard on the subject of the distresses of the operative classes, it was his opinion they fell short of the reality. The few weavers who had work were obliged to labour for a week for the ' paltry sum of 6s. 6d. and even out of that they were obliged to give one shilling to the wilder. The petitioners had carefully abstained from any general censures against the claims of the agriculturist.. Indeed, many of them united in themselves the character of manufacturing and agricultural labourer*, for during the interval* of the one, they cultivated the ground with the spite. They looked upon their cause as common with that of the fartner's wolktuau, and so far as he (Mr. W.) had the power a investigating the truth of the statement, he believed that the agricultural labourer was in a situation equally afflicting with that of the mannfacturer. He hoped that the petition would be speedily taken into consideration. Ile regretted to find that it was the resolution of Ministers ,to adjourn the question of the Corn Laws till after the recess. He did not understand what was really meant by the convenience of Members, the assigned cause of delay. Convenience, indeed! What would the constituents of any candidate say to him on the hustings, if he declared that it would not be convenient to him to provide measures for their re lief till after the Christmas holidays.---(Haar; hear.)—He hoped that some measure would be brought forward to give the people of England generally protection for the future. • Sir THOMAS ACKLAND presented a Peti tion from Mr. James Ivory Hohnepan unbeneficed clergyinan of the diocese of Exeter, praying for an inquiry into the state of the Chnrch of England generally, and expressing his opinion that the Church never would be ,recurs while unnecessary diocesans aiigede sod he also prayed fur 11w abolition of pluralities and ab sentee lief,— ( llear, hear.) Mr. UME was glad to see the subject brought before the• House, Though the Prelates in the late address expressed their opinion that the Church of England was a mo del of perfection, yet hue begged leave to differ with them on the r. .T. SMITH presented a Petition from the Catholics of Mayo in favour of Emancipation. EMIGRATION. Mr. WILMOT. HORTON. presented a Petition. from Glasgow and Calton on the subject of Emigration. 'Mr. HUME said it was of great importance to havethe queition of Emigration settled. There were more than ten thousand persons now in Scotland looking up to Ministers to know their final intentions au the subject. It would be mere hu numity to let them know what tins were to expect. Mr. WILMOT HOR roN was on the point, when the honourable Member rose, to give motive that it was his intention to move, on Thursday, the 15th February, for a new Committee on Emigration. Mr. 'ABEUCROMBY thought that Ministers ought to state more explicitly what their intentions were. Mr. GRATTAN expressed himself to, the same etl'sct. Mr. J. SMITH said a few words in a low tone of voice, Site purport of which could not be ascertained. Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought it was not the policy of this country to encourage emigration. It was the duty of Ministers, however, to devise some specific remedy for the pre sent distresses of the labouring and manufacturing classes. In many places► a great number of theme unfortunate individuals did not earn more than five shillings a week, though they worked fourteen hours a day. They were almost all in arrears of house rent ; their only food was oatmeal. and potatoes ; and thousands and tens of thousands were at the verge of starvation. lie hoped tbat before the House met, after the recess, some specific remedy would be devised fur the wont distress. (The lion. Baronet spoke in such a low tone of voice that the purport of many of his sentences could HU ter ascertainelt.) Mr. WARBURTON said there was one difficulty wilt regard to the emigration, which he would suggest to the Honig. A certain capital was to be advanced, and this was to be repaid by the produce of the land'. He could not see how this produce was to be converted into rent, or how the corn was to be remitted: to this country. Mr. PEEL called upon Members to keep their . . minds open, awl not pledge tom opinions one way of the other, till flue Report of the Committee should be kid before them. In his opinion it was quite impossible that the distress could be Mk viated to any great extent by emigration. The expenra attending the emigration of each individual would be *Oh at least, and it must, therefore, be evident that there could not be any sanguine 'expectation of relief from this measure. Jf, however, emigration to any greet extent wag practicable, it no doubt would benefit the colonies, and likewise 64 anitry, as it would create a demand tar. British manufactures:: in this point of view it would be most beneficial, hut the expence of sending, out so many thousands that are now out of employment, would be so enormous, that he des. paired of mitigating the distress by this memo. lie had no doubt that much usenil kfortrustion would he obtained by the appoint ment of a Conimittee. The evidenee of Colonel Cockhorn, who Juirl resided for some time in Canada, and who bad turned his at tention to emigration, would probably be found moat useful, as . be perhaps possessed snore iiiforwisition on the subject than any ~,thee individual. He hoped, therefore, that till all the necessary in. formation were laid before the Howie, Members would not pledge :lei: opinion. . Major R LI( itqed, the House woult4 take t h e a d v ice of hie Maiesity i a Minister', and till die evidence wee laid before them. t. .13:ENNET (of Wiltshire) tboupla thati f the embargo of taxation on our waste lands were removed, much more good would arise from this than from emigration. If the tithe on wastelands were taken otf, a much greater qu an ti ty would be brought into cultivation, and there would he an incrowd de. inand for our manufactures. According to many writers o f goo d sinithority, there were about 22 millions of scree of Waste land, It millions of which wire capable of improvement. Let enrourage.. merit be given to cultivate this hind, and a remedy would Mon b e fontal for the present distresses. Mr. W. HORTON replied that it was much better that persons should leave this country to cultivate the ' klieg lands in sonic of our colonic*, • than remain here to cultivate the worst. The petitiou was then ordered to he printed. . Mr. ABERCRO.MBY moved for returns of the number of bankrupt dockets struck, the number of Commissions issued and (hutted, and die number of bankrupt petitions pre sented for the last twelve years, digiuguishing the number Niel year.—Ordered. CAPE OP 000 D HOPE. Mr. HUME role to call the attention of the House se a autieet of consitkrable importance, which had been before it more or less for five or six years. In justice to the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, and to individual', something ought to be done. Many might not be aware that so early as 18224 in con. sequence of various reports, an Address had been moved for the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry. Commissioners, in consequence, were sent out, to inquire into various circumstances, such as the state of the revenue, the institutions of the place, and the complaints against the Governor. The Cotumiseiou de parted in June, 1829, so that three years and a half had elapsed, and there was no result, no information as to the progress which the Commissioners had made, excepting what related to one indi vidual. To that, however, he would not allude at present ; but, as an 'opportunity would soon be affiwded to go into the whole affair, he was anxious that the Right Hon. Gentleman now should state what progress bad been made in the inquiry into the conduct of a Noble Lord. Owing to various circumstances an inquiry into the- state of a distant colony was extremely difficult. A long time must elapse before the evidence arrives; and, when it-does arrive, Government keep it for some time in their posses,- %ion, before they lay it before the House. The. House, therefore, was in a state of comparative ignorance respecting the state of that. colony. As for the Noble Lord, whose conduct was ar raigned, he (Mr. Hume) held it to be inipossilile for that Noble Lord to return to the colony, or to retrieve his character, unless a full inquiry took place. He would now ask Ministers, whose peculiar duty it was to watch over the interests of the colonies, what it was their intention to•do respecting this affitir. • He had heard that Colonel Bird, instead of being kept here to give evi dence against the Chief Governor, was sent back to the Cape of Good Hope, with a pension not only to himself; but to some of his friends, why or wherefore nobody could tell. Mr. W. HO ItTON said that the course taken by the Honourable Member was so extraordinary, as to place him in a very embarrassing situation. When the Honourable Gentleman had said that the Commirsioners had done nothing, did he recol lect that there was already a report from them, of the length of 280 closely-printed folio pages—that a discussion took place on that report—that the Honourable Gentleman hiMself considered tin' report of so much importance, as to declarebis opinion that they furnished matter sufficient to decide the judgment of any per son, as to a case which had been brought before the House--he meant the case of Mr. Bishop Burnett. Let the House recollect, that this ease already had cost the nation many thousand pounds, and made it necessary for the Commissioners to be detained at the Cape of Good Hope six months longer than they 'otherwise would have remained. Was it meant, that after so much expense and trouble bad been incurred, this report was to go for nothing, and the House was to be asked to plunge itself' indefinitely into an inquiry, without grounds or object. He would boldly challenge the Honourable Member himself, and ask hint if he was now prepared to come to a vote on the specific subject of tide report. Why not dispose of this case first of all? If it terminated in the acquittal of the Noble Lord, against whom charges were so lavishly poured out, yet that would not hinder other cases from being brought for Ward. But surely it was con trary to all justice to arrest an inquiry in whit4l great progress has been made to proceed upon sonic other. It would be flagrant in justice to any man, and the Hon. Gentlemau was in a situation to feel the truth of the observation better than must others, to compel him at once to enter into his defence against the 'numberless ca lumnies that may he poured out against him, front whatever quar ter. If such a principle were once admitted in practice, there was no mau living but must sink under the injustice of it. Here, then wits a case upon which the amplest information was afforded. And as a proof of the abundance of information which teemed .on this subject, he In-hi in his hand a copy of a defence read by Mr. Bishop Burnett, and if the libellous parts were removed from that book, and the information it contained transferred to a memorial to that Ilouse, then he believed they would be in possession of all the information which it was possible to have on this particular suhject. He hoped the lion. Golds-man did not approve of the spirit and style in which this publication was got up. The lan guage was often so utterly grotesque, that it was quite needless to attempt any defence against the attacks which the book contained. If the Hon. Gentlenian chose to adhere to his original motion, he (Mr. W. H.) would state the grounds on which he would op pose him. Mr. HUME expressed his astonishment at , the strange conduct of the Honourable Gentleman. With respect to the case of Bishop Burnett, he supposed that, from the Honoura ble Gentleman's observations the House would infer that he (Mr. Hume) had brought that forward. But that was not the fact, the petition of Mr. Burnett was presented by an Honourable and Learned Gentleman, and when he (Mr. Homo called for inquiry into the conduct of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, he wits asked to keep the case of Mr. Burnett, and to father the pe tition of that Gentleman. It was not with respect to Mr. Burnett that the case pressed heavily against the-Governor. It was in a series of cases of tyrannical and capricious banishment. that he Meant to arraign the conduct of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope ; lie meant to charge him in the case of Captain Turn lan and Mr. Edwards, and several others. If Mr.. Burnett, under the lash of oppression, had, iu the irritated state of his mind, put forward statements which he was not afterwards able to sub stantiate, lie had done no more than most men would have done under the same circumstances. Now he would ask where was the injustice, when Mr. Bishop Burnett asked to go bark to the Cape of Good Hope, to present himself face to face to the Commissioners—where was the justice of re fusing him that liberty? He did not, however, think this indi vidual case of so much importance as he did the great body of cases, which involved the most serious accusations against the Go vernor of the Cape. Ile should call for inquiry into the cause of Mr. Kerr and Mr. Gregg, about whom no information was bee fore the House—of Mr. Fears--of Mr. Francis—of a lady now here—soul particularly of Lieut. Wright and Lieut. Cork, of Dr. Bailey, the Rev. Mr. Geary, and a number of other individuals, who had been capriciously, and without just cause, banished front the Cape. He would also feel it his duty to institute a strict in quiry into the pecuniary transactions of the Colonial Government, in which he believed it would appear that a great cleat of abuse ex isted; and he would in a still stronger manner insist on the ne cessity of having present in England, Col. Bird, Mr. d'l.;:equery, tee. He understood that two of the Commissioners had left the Cape in September last, leaving the third behind to despatch the remaining business. Ile owned his hopes of advantage from their lahours were not sanguine: indeed it was not reasonable to expect that they could be very callable of furthering the ends of justice, when their powers were so limited. He would only a.ead one paragraph of the instructions given to those Gentlemen from the. Colonial Department, signed by Lord Bathurst : " With respect to the complaint* which individuals may have to make against any of the established authorities, you are to understand that you are not to enter into the examination of them, unless you receive specific instructions to do so from this De partment." - Such was the spirit of the instructions with which the Commie timers went out to make inquiries into a system under which in dividuals suffered with the utmost severity. The Hon. Gentle man then stated that he would move for the following papers A copy of Colonel Bird's Exembuttion, with the Correspond ence between him and time Commissioners. Copies of Correspondence between the Commissioners and : the Colonial Peperitnent, respecting Specific Cases. Copies of the Reports of Commissioners on all Specific Cases inquired into. Copies of Proceedings of the Governor with respect to hull- Waal* engaged in the Press. Copy of the appointment of the Commissioners, With an Ae.. —.-. Omit of the Monies paid to them. The reason why belted called for the last paper was, that he found the last item to be 18,000/, paid to the Commissioners, and he was anxious that the country should know the whole amount of the expenditure which grew out of the present mode of govern ing the Colonies. - The first motion was then read from the Chair. Mr. 9RD could not sit silent and hear the Gentlemen who composed the Commission to the Cape of Good Hope aspersed, without coming forward to raise his feeble voice in their vindica tion. Connected as he (Mr. 0.) was, by the ties of relationship, to one of the Commissioners (Mr. Bigg,) any thing that would fall front him must naturally •be liable to the imputation of par tiality. But he would, nevertheless, take the liberty of assuring the House that Mr. Bigg was as incapable as the Hon. Member himself of acting upon any unworthy motive—(Hear.) —lf there was any delay to he complained of in the printing of the Report in the prevent inatance, he could account for it to time satisfaction of the now, for he happened to know that Mr. Bigg had en countered a very dangerous accident, which confined binto his bed, and su b sequen tly to his crutches. Gen. G ROSVE NOR said that if the Hon. Mem ber for Aberdeen did not present the petition, lie gave his support to pt ht languag e somew hat more animated than was warrantabl e. Ile thought that with respect to this petition, or rather this Bishopßishopßurnett's History of his own time—(A laugh)—be could only s Y+. s Y+.it Wait p roper that it should be dispurA of first, and that there m a P iniormation to enable the Houle to form judgTeot up on Mr . W. HORTON wo u ld declare to the that lee was ready t o produce all the papers that ought to be pro duced. But it was hot wise to load the table with papers that were not necessary, and which would only produce confusion.-s-- T h e H o n. Member said diet this commission was appointed to iniptirs open the Government of -Lord Charles Somerset. That :owe, was not the case the commission was appointed to inquire into the state of the colony. There wer e many anomalies in this, which had been so long a Dutch colony, and which had been go verned under Dutch law. lie should remark that there was an attempt to connect Lord Charles Somerset with all the anomalies and imperfections in the Dutch law. This was most unjust to wards Lord Charles. As to the case of Colonel Bird, the Hon. Gentleman was not correctly informed if he supposed that Colonel Bird bad any connection with the Government after his return. Colonel Bird was not detained in this country : he was a private individual here. In the case of Mr. Bishop Burnett, which had been already discussed four or five times in that House, the most con elusive evidence was already laid on the table. He maintained that this case was not thrown aside, and that case was an admis sion that there was nothirig to bring in support of the charges.— If the Hon. Gentlemen, or any other Member, would look into these cases, and then say he would bring forward any charges, he would readily grant all the papers that would be necessary in that case.---(Hear, hear.) After a few words. (unman Hon. Member, whose name was not heard, the motion,. as to the examination of Colonel Bird, was negatived without a division. On the next part of , the motion, which was for copies of all instructions to the Commissioners, contained in the correspon dence between them and the Colonial Department, on special eases, touching LOrd Charles Somerset's Government, Mr. HUME asked for these Papers, that they might be before the House, that Hon. Members would be pre pared to understand the case when the charges were brought on. The House was entitled to all the cares that came before the Commissioners. Mr. Secretary PEEL, observing on the unreason ableness of calling for these papers, said, here the Hon. Gentle man receives a complaint from a party that injustice was done hint by the Commissioners, in nut receiving his evidence. Let the Hon. Gentleman produce the case, and then the House could see what the case was. But, to call for the production of all these papers, without any charge, would be absurd. - Nor did he see what information the I lon. Gentleman or the House could get_ by the production of these papers of Colonel Bird, containing a 'flowery description of a river in the south of Africa—(a and a small poem ending with an indecent couplet.—(A laugh.) Mr. HIJIIIE theu withdrew his motion. ARIGNA MINING COMPANY. Mr. RICHARD MARTIN had some right, in behalf of his lion. Friend (Mr. Brogden), to complain of the course adopted by the House on Tuesday night. Out of thou sands of Shareholder! in this Arigna Company, only four could be found capable 'of accusing his Hon. Friend. It was fit that the names of these few should be known, because such knowledge would go far to strengthen or weaken the charges, He begged to move that the names attached to the petitions of the share • holders of the Arigna Mining Company, presented to the House on the bth of December be printed. After a few words from allember whose name we did not hear, Mr. C. WYNN felt an objection to the motion On the grounds of the expellee of printing. Besides the expence, all these petitions and papers presented to that House, would in each Session amount to the enormous size of the Statutes at Large,....- (A laugh. )—lf the charge was false, those who made it would be disgraced. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw the motion. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said, that the ad vice of the Right lion. Gentleman was very good to the mover, but such and so strange a proposition ought not to be got 61 of in that manner. if lie had laboured all his life to any effect, it was to tanks-himself acquainted with the Constitution of the country, and particularly with the constitution of Parliament ; and never iu his life did he know of such an attempt as this on the liberty of the subject. In 169. t, when a flagrant corruption was offered to that House, a pamphlet was circulated in the lobby of the House, and an invitation was given to bring forward charges against the guilty, and the disclosure of all those corruptions arose front the refusal of a paltry eum of 101. for billeting soldiers at Royston.— This was the case which afterwards led to the expulsion of Sir John Trevor from that House.—(The Hon. MeMber then pro ceeded to read the history of that transaction.)--4n that ease the House, so far front throwing any obstructions in the way of in quiry, invited the parties to it ; and that transaction, trifling as it was, led, step by step, to the expulsion of several ;timbers from' the House. Another instance to which he would call attention,' as showing the same disposition in the House, was that which took place in MO. lYtir. WYNN rose -to order and reminded the lion. Alderman that the question before the House was, whether or not the names to this petition should be printed—(Hear), and not whether the enquiry was -to be obstructed or not ; for upon that question the HMISe had already pronounced a decided opin ion by appointing a Committee.—(Hear). Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN submitted that there was nothing irregular in the course of observation which he had been pursuing. Ile repeated, that this motion could have no other object than to hold up the petitioners to ridicule. The Hon. Member for Galway had asserted that these names were not respectable, and in order to expose them ho would have them published. Rut even admitting that they were not respectable, which he (Mr. W.) by no means admitted, of what importance was that if the truth of their allegations was unimpeacbed ? Every MAN however poor or obscure, had a right to petition this House for a redress of his grievances. This doctrine was so laid down and recognised before the Revolution, and for obstructing this right, Justices Withers and Jeffreys were expelled the House. It was further con firmed by the Bill of Rights. In 1680 it was resolved, " that it is, and ever bath been, the right of the subject to petition the King to call Parliament together, or for the retirees of grievances ; and that any infringement of such right of petition was a gross breach of duty, and a violation of the rights of the subject." And for these offences the two Judges whom he had named were expelled the House. With respect to the imputations cast upon these petitioners, if their moral character was at all a necessary component part of their right to petition, perhaps he (Mr. W.) could defend them. At present tie should confine himself to Mr. Clark, of whom it was said that he was constantly running about and busying himself unnecessarily. But what of that? If he did run about, so much the better. That lie had done a great deal of good, nobody could deny. With his character the Howie had nothing to do ; and if he had been a prisoner, under sentence of death in Newgate, be bad as good a right as any other wan to petition the House. But he (Mr. W.) happened to know some thing of Mr. Clark personally; and notwithstanding his having boon before the public lately in a certain way, still he (Mr. W.) should say that he was as honourable a man as any upon the Stock Exchange. The lion. Alderman concluded by moving as an amendment, " That it is, and ever bath been, the undoubted right of the subject to petition for redress of grievances, and that the, ptiblishing the names of petitioners, with a view to bring dis credit on such petitioners, is an obstruction of that right, inas much as it tends to deter the subjects front stating their grievances to Parliament, and is in every respect a violation of the rights of the subject.' The SPEAKER asked who was to second the amendment?—(We believe it was not seconded, in fact.) Mr. MARTIN said— , " Sir, I would at once with- draw my motion, if the Hon. and Worthy Alderman who now opposes it, had had the courtesy to read aloud all the Tonnes to this Petition (fin I observed he'has contented himself with men tioning Mr. Clark alone), e all' know these walls have ear., and the hare notice of the names would have all the effect Whieh I contemplate ; namely, that of letting the world see who they are that accuse my lion. Friend, the late Chairman of Ways and Means. The Hon. Alderman says I went to hold these parties up to redicule—(a laugh ).---But, Sir, be it redicule or ridicule, I disclaim such au object alt4ether. If these petitioners be really respectable, they can stand the trial ; and therefore the Hon. and Worthy Alderman might at once either mention their names— (laughing)—or vouch for their, respectability, as he did for that of Air. Clark; and this would be more in place than his two how,' speech upon the constitutional right of the subject to peti tion Parlianent, which nobody impugned.—cLaughing.)—Now, Sir, I must say, that of all the monstrous glarmg acts of injustice I ever beard, this of printing a petition against an accused party, and that, too, pending the investigation, is the worst. This was in effect prejudging the case of a party, or, as Lord Coke had bor rowed it from the Poet—. these ch"arCgaesstioguligtete,toauhdaivtegreettliolborso.'u'ght against Mr. B Br e o si g d d e e s ;l a year ago, for he was then as guilty—(if guilty at alp-7a" now. But he bad in fact been acquitted by a compe tent tribunal. Upon all these grounds, Sir, I hope that jus tice will be done my Honourable Friend, by showing who his accusers are ; hut if he is to be denied that, I must deliver up and say— , " Let the - stricken deer go weep." The gallery Was now ordered to he cleared for a division ; hut as the strangers were wittlrawing, Mr. MARTIN rose and said—" Well, Sir, I am surprised that any man cou ld he found to oppose this motion. As, however, it is opposed, 1 will not divide the House." . The original motion was then put.• The House then went into a Committee on the St. Domingo Postage Bill. Mr. lILTIVIE took occasion to advert again to the subject of suffering newspapers to pass postage-free to the Colo oieso when there were so many and such obvious advantages in promoting, by this best of all means, the closest intercourse be tween the Colonies and the mother-country ; it' was surprising that a paltry profit (not more than 1,0001,4 7 )4iir, altogether) should be suffered to interpose itself as a bar to 'so reasonable an arrangement. He hoped the subject would not escape the notice of the Colonial Secretary. Mr. LUSHINGTON said his Hon. Friend (Mr. - _ Horton) had, on a former occasion, stated the willingness d Go vernment to give every facility to the arrangement alluded to by the Hon. Member. He (Mr. L.) had now to state, that it was in contemplation, after the recess, to bring in a Bill for regulating the postage of the United Kingdom, in which a clause would be introduced with respect to the sending of newspapers postage-free to the Colonies.—(Hear, hear,) The House then resumed. Report to-morrow. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE, WEST INDIES. , Mr. WILMOT HORTON moved for a Copy of the third Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Admi nistration of Civil and Criminal Justice in the West Indies.— Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for Copies of the Reports re lative to Colonel Arthur, in respect of the arrest of Col. Bradley: Ordered.—Adjourned at Eight o'Clock. • • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Su_pply—Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. 3. St Domingo Postage BiU—Report. 4. Exchequer Bills (10,000,000) Bill—Third reading. 5. Transfer of Aids Bill—Third reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Herries—To extend to the United Kingdom the Duties on the Conveyance of Letters now existing in Great Britain. .2. Mr. Hume—Report and Correspondence of Lieutenant-Colonel Ar thur,' respecting the Arrest of Lieutenant-Colonel Bradley. . NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, Feb. 15. 1. Mr. Spence—Motions concerning the Exchequer, Rolls, and Vice- Chancellor's Court, &c. 2. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Appo After Holidays. Mr. James Browne—To amend the Election Law of Ireland. Mr. Charles Pallmer—Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Savings Banks. Alio, a Bill to facilitate a n d re g ulate Count y and other Provident Institutions. Mr. Trench—Bill to regulate the Elective Franchise in Counties at large ... - in Ireland.. PRICES OF STOCKS THD Bank Stock -- 9 pet Cent. Red 9 5W,4% 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% pr Cent. 89% Ditto Red. 11 /401±% 4 per Cent. New - Ditto, 18•267, UN B Bank Long Atm. ... ...... IS 0-18 % India Stock - Ditto Bonds 3B 40pm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 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Real del Monte Mining Company 4OO 540 United Mexican Mining Company 25 22 21 20% PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 87)4% Ditto, New - 4 per Cent. 96 4% Oov. I)eb. 33y;per cent Consols, 3 per cent 8134 Royal Canal Stock -- Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent. - Ballast Office Deb. I per cent. -- STOCKS, DEC. 5. • St. Patrick Incur. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto dis. National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irisk Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buddings Arrived. . O AMetSek. 0 0 Brasil O Buenos Ayres o I)onaghadee 2 Dublin 1 Flanders 0 1 France 0 Gottenburgh HIGH WATER AT LONIY Morning 56 minutes after 9. Arrived. Due, • Guernsey re Jerfiey • Harobnrgli O Holland O Jamaica 0 • Leeward islands O Liabon O Malta " 0 5 Waterford • ON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening 25 minute* after 10. Zbt LORDON, FRIDAY. EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1826. Having been enabled in our Paper of yesterday to give the French news to Wednesday morning, we have not received any subsequent accounts from Paris. We received last night Hamburgh Papers to the 2d instant, and Brussels Papers to the Gth ; they con tain intelligence from St. Petersburgh to the 20th November, but it is of no importance. The EM PEROR seems determined to re-equip a navy. . On the 16th his IMPERIAL MAJESTY, accompanied by the Prince of HESSE HOMBURGII, the Austrian Ambas sador, visited the Admiralty ; his MAJESTY remained along time in the dock-yard, where three ships of the line are on the stocks, which are to be ready in the spring ; and in order to accelerate their completion, he ordered 1000 additional carpenters to be employed upon them. It was reported that the Grand Duke MICHAEL would take the chief command'of the whole corps of the Guards, and that General WOINOCO, their pre sent commander, would be named a Member of the Couhcil of the Empire. The celebrated Astronomer, Professor BODE, lately died at Berlin, at the age of eighty years. He had filled the chair of Royal Professor of Astronomy for nearly fifty-four years, and continued his researches to the last moment of his existence, having been found dead while sitting at his desk. The disease at Groningen rap cly suhSiding. The rumours from Bucharest, before given from the French Papers, that the Porte would accede to Mr. rSe.peCaAted in these papers.l4NiNctsproposa proposals in favour of the Greeks , are ItICHANOIt ON LONDON. IlAstaman, Dec. S.--. 36 '24 --Two Months, 86 q. ---- In the House ----- of Commons last night, an inciden tal conversation arose on the subject of Emigration, and Mr. WILNIOT Hon Tow gave notice of his inten tion to move, on the 15th Febru ar y , for the appoint ment of a Committee to in q uire further irate this question. The Goverrunent appear determined to sift this great question to the bottom, and not at pre sent to pledge themse l v es to an y course which the y the m subje ct ayhe reafte most I st . H e stated that it would be necessary to con sider2d. f to being ee i 1 el m itigate the distresses arising from the popu lation extent emigration could be made avail be i o greater than the dem an d fo r lab ou r: and, irviewed t se nsibly. cau se to alter. Mr. P EEL Let of emigration u p on t h e proper ty of the co l r The Right Hon. Gentleman added, that it might be found quite impossible to incur an expence aae acitl,ies. 4 game to relieve this Country in any useful degree from the excess of Population ; 'and he could not entertain any very sanguine expectations that such excess of popu lation could be relieved by such means. This is the opinion which we formed upon au attentive perusal of the Report of the Committee of last Session. No extent to which the finances of the country would per mit the experiment to be tried could have any sensible effect on the rediindaqcy of the ivorking class, inde pendently of other considerations, which, in our opinion, render the question one of doubtful expo' diency. The time of the House was grievously occupied by a motion of Mr. HUME'S, calling. for a vOluniiiioui mass of Papers connected with the Cape of Good Hope Inquiry, which motion was subsequently with drawn, as was one made by, Mr. R. MARTIN, = for printing the names attached to the Petition of the , Shareholders of the Arigna Mining Company. We have not received any further intelligence from the frontiers of Spain and Portugal of a more recent date than that which - we mentioned yesterday. We subjoin part of a letter from Madrid, dated the . . tilt., which we find in a cotempora r y , descnbmg the Peninsula to be in .4 much greater state of tranquillity than all public accounts represent it to be this mArmin, Nov. 23.—The foreign jOurnals received by tlay's mail, after having been, as it were (although callous to every sense of shame), shamed into a momentary suspension of their barefaced, false, awl altogether grotaulless state rneu ts of troub le., tumults, and discoveries of plots awl conspiracies in Spelt', have again returned to the charge, and resumed their trite and fa vourite theme, notwithstanding that, from one cud of the Penin sula to the other, there is no country in the world that, without exception, enjoys more profound, steady , tranquillity, ter"' order, and peace. We understand- that Mr. Hunter, Kfl' the king's Messenger, after a rest in Madr id of above seven W erk '' started a day or two ago for Old England. The Infant Don Miguel having been betrothed, at Vienna, 0 " the 29th ult., to his niece Donna Maria da Gloria, it was thought however, does not by some people that-all future open attempts by hie P 4 r eill " . • t° put down the constitution in Portugal were at an end. Thids.., ing our proximity to the spot of preparatory arrangements and junctions, having as yet reached us, so as to be able to form an op: nion, that the projected armed entrance front Spain mile Portugal by the Portuguese refugee*, which was to have taken p Yell er ': - day, the 2211, as mentioned in our last, has been either abandoned the very day or suspended ; on the contrary, though we ounielves have not reset appear to be the case; nothing, notwithatau . it, we know to a certainty that there is in town a Proelsaiiition issued by the Portuguese chieftains, tinneuneing the ell erien i ce c un determined upon. Whatever card the Speoll" ~$: binet may play in this game, it is evident tu every attentive ou server that nothing new has occurred in any of the proviL s r a t° military movements, or any marching of tr oo p s from t h e P . "1 where they were before stationed: even Old Castile, thoug h a fry', tier point, has not been reinforced with the regiment of proviactti militia that some time ago was reported to have been ordereil t° Medina del Campo, nine leagues from Valladolid, where Lair , the Captain-General, resides. w with l mail, dated Nov. 26. t By thi a s ni ed Lisbon Gazettes to the 25th vd Stammer Packet has The Stal conveyanceire hove received inclusive. Their contents o f t lat tot which are not of that importsuce we expected. They do t not contain an fiCCOLIII whatever of the state of the Provinces al of the North c'r of any other part. of the Kingdom, nor ention ° f the Portuguese troops j,lloin , have deserted p 1". There are answers to several congratulator y addresses from different places f the following on account o Charter. are extracts : LISBON. (From the Gazette de Lisbon of Nov. eo.) The Gazette conta in s f War, Commander - in-Chief an Order of tbs Day of the Ministero nianderein-Chief of the Divisions of Operatios, tha t the cau ses wll" gave oceasion to the feria and inovenientset the divisi o n cess Re having ceased, he has received orders from the Poi., her Royal to dissolve and to thank the ore w owing it , i ii, which Themals's name, fur the discipline, firmness, A (I _loyalty which they have shewn in the service of the King, and the defence of the , of coward s raised the country, where the perfidy of a band cry of treason in a part of Algarve. His Bianco) a nd then enumerates the corps, and the names of vsrious Officers, a regrettingthat indisposition does pot allow him personally to ret urn her thanks to the di v ision, he declares ha s hall, at all tittles of bielife, remember with pride the honour conferred on him by the fro m ring this command, and the cunfidenee which he obtained ft''',"_ the division. This Order 0 the Day is dated Head.quarters ," ti!jisivviltl: Monte, March 13, 1826 • Nov 22. --Her ' h lig )° • 29.—Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent •-,‘" . „ 1 tri formed N of the great services rendered by the Regiments of n'"' l ' s .N . 3, 9, 10, 15, 18, and u, and the Regiment of Cavalry ou :I,which, animated by the most honourable spirit of loyslti deer , ciobordination, d es pised the criminal examplee of cowardly detbt., ofin which have covered with infamy some Portuguese, unvf t a . 1 , the un if or ms w hich they wear, orders thanks to he retutnee,lo'i her tii name to the commanders, officers, subalterns, and Pit • I obeeed4 corps' f or their noble conduct, and the sentimenont'7t; ience, and loyalty, which they have at all titeell 1 o::iiti. their l eg itimate Sovereign, and the institutions procettliog thefrtegi. Her Highness also orders her thanks to he give n ts ' went o f m i liti a o f Bejs , for the promptness with which it tig oi n e ' .. Wed at the call of its Colonel, Domingos de Aiello Drone r, t a ~,,, feud the town of Alertola, as soon as tilt' re h ' ili" in AV' known to it. x OW Ifer Highness the Infaiita Regent, orders thst the oiecer to m formed th e Staff of the Division of Operation, shall retail posts which they held before. CHAMBER OF PEF.RS t oioe Nov. 90.--The Vice President reported that the peP ° he ~ appointed by the Chamber had was oil her Roy al l i d it with the Address, which had been most gracioullYrec'",y`o,a,lo The Conde d T ' a Tarps said that be had observedia got , fo e of the 14th Oct. • • • -, 8000 bfoio co .. 1 a permission to liar- . • o we I wheat for the consumption of the kingdom, w h ile It li l',. 1 f o r affirmed that the granaries of Altutejo are f u ll "fhiew/so'i le which the•farmers cannot obtain a price much b!..)°,9i,,t;r4 oared the law for the importation of foreign *hest, Pe .1`; ole o to that the Minister of the Interior should w ry q°l7: 4,.:00nw the Chamber a statement of the bast o l d of ' - ' Do t lion of the kingdom, till nest L w ef the quantity lying in _arose , ,_ r e,...- of t ° ' ; the granaries of Alentejo and %P. r.er. 8- inter• at ' Nov. 29.—A letter was read from hie Alioister of the saying, that as an individual, he could e asily give t Uel° (respecting the corn) asked of him, but, as a iger, be ':,, i , s o anthis, being an o ffi cer of the GOVerillntra, Witii 1V ., 7 t o l other power could interfere. This answer Ilia 110 g ,Lati`sie the 11°v!r o f the question, and a debate arose, wh ich ell nomination of a committee to inquire into the busiuess) joicbste, The Gazette of November 24, which contain' t l . l 00 givese*rn also an official , statement of the InspectoreOe!le.t7 je i be Return, with a detailed table of the quantity Of towrOtt iv provinces of Estremadura, Aiello)°, and Algarve, the r quantity r e quired for the consumption till nest horvest ; ao st n result of which 'that ' ficieney te) the 4 It, there is a of 25,739 swim. . CHAMBER OF DF.PUTIES. . uei °l The sittings I idly e,' ~, of the 21 st, 22d, and 23d were c 1 1 „el with the readiarand a• •of t he 44 interval , iseussiug lions il* ees or stan_ing orders. prO, In the • ' on ' is' sitting of the 24th a very long debate aroas ii i so , of law presented by the Minister of tbe Moine, Pr°,P°44: alterations in the penal code. --Debate WO 110 COOCIIIr —•---=------- be or' We are h in • happy being able to state, tha t t ; n rlf gularity lately complained of in the transmss°' t o Newspapers from and to Ireland, is not attrilitlibloci,, For our own any mismanagement in the Gerieralyost-oflice, PL I 1 ,, ofoirregularity in the receipt of certain paperst„t, o' n t _ w think the fault lies with the respective ° l l` M y th General Post-office, Dublin, we experienced bese Journals. In our communications w it ) . 0i Parts, although we still feel the prevslePo, the e t i, attention an& readiness to meet oor wisheg bYott officers of that establishment, and we think it $ ° ho t of duty thus publicly to express our thanks to t 0 , gentlemen ; we partly attributed the irregularity t° oi , Postffice, and now gladly perform an act 01 i ti t i, by exonerating it front the charge. : We 10, 0, mo rning learnt that n ot less than ten nun'sbers a